Dear John, 

You’ve probably heard the put-downs: “Dead consensus.” “Zombie Reaganism.”

A lot of conservatives today bash the fusionism that came to ascendance in the 1980s.

But what if these critics misunderstand what fusionism is?

In our newest podcast episode, Dr. Donald J. Devine says that’s exactly what’s happening.

Do you think fusionism was simply a set of policy ideas that made sense only during the Cold War . . .

. . . or a political coalition that can no longer exist in America today?

You’ll think again after you listen to this fascinating conversation.

Fusionism isn’t about mere political calculation, Dr. Devine shows. It’s a powerful philosophy that guides us in harmonizing freedom and tradition.

And it has powerful lessons to teach conservatives today.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• About the most important fusionist thinker, Frank Meyer, and why his thought is so relevant now
   
• How Meyer transformed from a communist into one of the first "conservatarians"
   
• Why conservatives still need John Locke and Friedrich Hayek
   
• What the right gets wrong about the federal bureaucracy—explained by the man who ran it for Ronald Reagan
   
• Why Dr. Devine believes “the first libertarian is God the Creator”
   
• . . . and more!

Give it a listen.

We’ll have a new episode up Sunday, August 1. So subscribe to Conservative Conversations with ISI now.